In rehearsal for Small Axe. Photo by Dahlia Katz
Alan
Dilworth is a theatre director, playwright and teacher. He is an associate
artistic director and a Drummond-Dorrance Fellow at Soulpepper Theatre Company
in Toronto. He is also co-artistic director of Sheep No Wool. His work explores
personal, social and political transformation and is rooted in questions of 'self', inspired by the tension between Zen Buddhism and modernity.
His
primary area of investigation is in creating a contemporary
text based theatre, but he also works in physical and image-based forms. His work privileges vulnerability,
presence, simplicity and the unknown.
Alan has directed across Canada, and internationally.
He is married to actor Maev Beaty, and they have a daughter, Esmé.
He is married to actor Maev Beaty, and they have a daughter, Esmé.